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  Free tool to encrypt DNS requests released for Windows

  A security company specializing in the Domain Name System has released a Windows version of a tool that encrypts DNS requests, which could be spied on to reveal a user's browsing activity.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 10 May, 2012 13:09

  Tags: security, OpenDNS, Desktop security, data protection

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  House hearing on Stop Online Piracy Act scheduled

  The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will conduct a hearing on the controversial copyright enforcement bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act, on Wednesday, the committee has announced.

  By Grant Gross | 12 November, 2011 07:19

  Tags: AFL-CIO, Better Business Bureau, business software alliance, Center for Democracy and Technology, Consumer Electronics Association, copyright, Darrell Issa, e-commerce, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fraternal Order of Police, free press, government, intellectual property, internet, legal, legislation, Motion Picture Association of America, National Association of Attorneys General, National Consumers League, OpenDNS, Public Knowledge, Ron Wyden, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Zoe Lofgren

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  Free DNS service adds IPv6 support

  OpenDNS, one of the Internet's most popular free DNS services, is now offering production-grade support for IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol known as IPv4.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 03 May, 2011 06:49

  Tags: Facebook, Google, IPv6, LAN & WAN, networking, OpenDNS, Yahoo

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  Is free DNS a good deal for business?

  It's been almost a year since Google announced its free DNS service known as Google Public DNS, promising a speedier, safer way to surf the Web and sparking concern that Google would become the dominant DNS provider for ISPs and other large network operators.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 18 November, 2010 02:38

  Tags: BlueCat Networks, Free DNS, Google, IPv6, LAN & WAN, networking, OpenDNS

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  Businesses turn to DNS service to filter the Web

  For National Veterinary Associates, the decision to block the Web was sealed with a virus.

  By Robert McMillan | 16 September, 2009 05:03

  Tags: DNS, internet filtering, OpenDNS

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  Open-source project aims to makes secure DNS easier

  A group of developers has released open-source software that gives administrators a hand in making the Internet's addressing system less vulnerable to hackers.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 31 July, 2009 04:27

  Tags: DNS, DNSSEC, OpenDNS, OpenDNSSEC, security

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  Kaspersky, OpenDNS collaborate to slow Conficker worm

  OpenDNS has added a feature to its Domain Name System (DNS) services to fight a widespread worm, with help from Russian security company Kaspersky Lab.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 10 February, 2009 07:12

  Tags: kaspersky labs, OpenDNS, worm